[TheForge] LED's for shop and home

[Walter]

One of the great things about LED's is that motion sensors work great 
with them and that improves their performance even more. And you can 
find LED flat fixtures with motion sensors at the light.

I see 4'
On 3/24/2017 6:51 AM, C&J Allcorn wrote:
> Like the rest of you I am slowly replacing Metal Halide, HPS, 
> florescent and incandescent bulbs with LED's.
>
> It is 15' to the trusses in my shop (no ceiling) and I still have 
> numerous ancient 8' florescent strip lights in the shop.  I had 
> rebuilt most of them about 10-15 years ago and are better than 
> nothing.  But as LED's came onto the stage, I sat and waited for the 
> prices to moderate and someone local to start carrying them at a 
> somewhat affordable price.  I put 2 4' "energy efficient" HOT5 high 
> bay florescent 4 bulb fixtures at strategic locations while LED's were 
> still too high for me to buy and they are performing well.  I know the 
> limitations of florescent.
>
> Home Depot, a few years ago, started carrying high bay LED's, 
> Lithonia  2' hi bay model IBH 11L MV.  I bought maybe 6 or so at $200 
> ea and was amazed at the amount of light!  Now the price is $160 and 
> as soon as I have the time and energy I'll get back up there and put 
> up some more.
>
> One thing I'll do this time around is put motion sensors on the lights 
> in placed I don't work in all the time so that they (hopefully) won't 
> stay on all day long!  My shop is 60x100 and all the switches are in a 
> bank at the front door so it isn't easy to turn lights on and off.
>
> I've also got 5 huge metal halide lamps that I almost never use for 
> obvious reasons.  A job for another day is to retrofit them with 
> LED's.  If they weren't so "retro" looking and really pretty neat, I'd 
> just throw them away.
>
> As a landlord, when I redo a property, I opt for LED fixtures, usually 
> without replaceable bulbs.  (Tenants have a habit of sometimes taking 
> the bulbs with them when they leave!)  I have had some occasion that 
> the LED fixture will fail and start flashing. No idea what is going on 
> there but I've had to replace 2 or 3 fixtures so far.  The outdoor 
> security lights I replace I always use now are LED's from an 
> electrical dealer.  Although cheaper to buy, the older style lights 
> just have to be replaced every so many years, hopefully the LED's will 
> not.  Due to the monthly fees charged by the electric company for 
> outdoor security lighting, I have discontinued their security light 
> service and installed my own LED security lights.  In about 12 - 15 
> months I have paid for the fixtures.
>
> At our ranch we have 4 large barns with 60 year old T-12 fixtures that 
> are for the most part worthless now.  They will get LED's when I have 
> time, money and energy enough to replace them.
>
> James
> Paris TX